Post by rocketmanedh on Jun 10, 2021 21:37:02 GMT -5
The camera focuses on the Sunny Acres farm sign before diving over to the barn that serves as the petting zoo. It zips below and we can see some children playing with the animals. The camera continues to move. It runs past the barn where Ed learned how to milk a cow. It passes over a big field with horses grazing before finally settling in on Ed Houston and Hank out in a field. Ed has a straw hat on and a pitchfork in his hand. To the side of Hank and Ed are barrels of hay.
Hank: “You know what, Ed when I first saw you I thought you would make an awful farmer but after a day of hard work I can comfortably say you would be average.”
Ed smiles: “I’m glad to hear that, Hank!”
Hank: “I’m really surprised. You look like you haven’t done a hard day's work in your life and that wrestling shit doesn’t count. Flipping all over the place isn’t work.”
Houston: “Well lets agree to disagree on that one. I think wrestling is hard work but before that I was a member of NASA.”
Hank: “A science guy, of course.”
Houston: “And some days we had a survival day. I guess if we got lost in space or something, this would make us feel like we had a chance of surviving or something. During that training, they would give us MREs I guess to show us what it would be like to eat space rocks but getting one of those things down and keeping them down was a hard day's work.”
Hank feigns impressment: “I guess I did have you all wrong.”
Houston: “Wrong enough to write me a check?”
Hank: “You don’t quit, Ed. I’ll give you that.”
Houston: “I’m not like Curt Canon. He is the most indecisive person in wrestling history. Part of why I beat him is because he couldn’t decide what he wanted to be. Did he want to be bad? Did he want to be good? Now he can’t decide what he wants at WaWa. How is this guy going to even pick which person to go after in our match? I almost hope he gets lost on the way to the match and doesn’t show up.”
Hank: “I agree with you there. You have to be decisive in life.”
Houston: “So how about that check, Hank?”
Hank: “I’m not there yet. We have some more work to do.”
Ed sighs.
Hank leads Ed to the petting zoo. “I’m going to need to you to clean some of this stuff up.”
Ed sighs again and steps into the enclosure. Hank hands Ed a pooper scooper and a pail and Ed starts to clean the pen. He makes eye contact with the pig that he tried to suplex the other day. The pig makes eye contact with Ed and leaves Ed a present.
Houston: “Oh very nice pig. I should’ve suplexed you when I had the chance.”
The pig snorts at Ed.
Houston: “You wouldn’t be snorting if I had slammed you and pinned you. Trust me, I know. Everyone talks big until they step into the ring. It’s like this Brim guy. If you think I’m obsessed with asking Hank for cash, you should check out this Brim guy. I get it there’s a ton of history between Duce, who is not Brim, and Mike Zybala but Jesus there are seven other guys in the match. Zybala already said he’s good with standing back and standing by. He’s going to get his child warriors or whatever to settle the score with Brim. You two are going to take each other out. Brim doesn’t have the ring maturity to put a rivalry aside to win a match. He might beat Zybala but that is all he is going to do. He’s going to realize that he might kick the rocket to get it going but I’m the one that blasts off and has the countdown to the end of the time in this match.”
The pig snorts at Ed again.
Houston: “Oh shut up.” Ed tries to chase the pig with the pooper scooper. The pig continues to run until it sneaks behind Hank.
Hank: “What are you doing, Ed?”
Houston: “That pig has an attitude.”
Hank: “He is a fine judge of character.”
Houston: “He’s a pain in the ass.”
Hank laughs. “That too. So how’d it go?”
Houston: “It went well I think I’ve gotten it all and honestly this was an eye opening experience.”
Hank: “It was?”
Houston: “It was. Another person in our match is a janitor.”
Hank: “What? Really.”
Houston: “Really! His name is Peter Vaughn. And people aren’t giving him much of a chance in this match. Hell, I wasn’t giving him much of a chance. But I know what its like to be a janitor now. Maybe not in quite the same way but that pig thought it was better than me, which is a lot more demeaning than a person thinking they’re better than you. So now you have the shot to prove people wrong and finally reach your dream. Peter, I know what you’re going through. People thought I was a joke until I got hot and reached the stratosphere. I had to work hard to overcome that label I know that you are too. I think you have a chance to win this, but I think the fact that I know exactly what you’re dealing with will allow me to mop the floor with you at the end of the day. I just think you’re a little fuel short of reaching the moon but you might be a star here in OCW yet.”
Hank: “How many people are in this thing? I feel like you’ve talked about 11 people.”
Houston: “Eight. It’s going to be a real barn-burner. You know who would never pick up pig poop. Dylan Thomas! Not only is he too busy spending money on $1,500 shoes to help people out. He was too busy flaunting his power in Alcatraz to say anything about me. I never thought Dylan Thomas would be speechless,, but it is in his nature to go for the low-hanging fruit. Like Outcast! He probably couldn’t bend over to pick up the poop without smoking some weed to deal with the pain. And that’s physical pain, not the emotional pain Xavier Lux is dealing with. That is some powerful stuff and could really prop him up in this match but I just don’t think he’s strong enough mentally to prevent himself from crashing and burning. Then there’s Mike Zybala. He would pay someone to pick up the poop and then call and tell everyone he picked up the poop, and it was worth a million dollars and could also beat up a Power Ranger. One of the last times I stepped in that ring we lost a championship because of his big mouth so I’m a little salty about that still, but that’s neither here nor there. Speaking of good business acumen and money, how about that check?”
Hank: “There is one more thing I need you to do.”
Houston: “Sure thing, boss!”
Hank: “I need you to watch over the pen while I go get some hay.”
Houston: “Don’t worry. I have hawk eyes.”
Hank rolls his eyes and walks away.
Ed sits on the fence and is talking with some kid. He’s trying to hype up his match, and the kid is all about it. The kid is hanging on his every word until they let out a scream.
Houston: “I mean I know Curt’s career is scary but I think you’re overreacting.”
The kid points to the gate which is wide open and the pig barging his way through.
Houston: “Uh oh. That pig is trying to blast off! I got him!”
The pig starts to run through the crowd that is forming. Ed pushes past the people telling them to get out of the way. The pig squeals in glee, convinced that it won’t get caught by this silly man.
The pig is about to turn a corner when all of a sudden Ed leaps on him and wraps his body around him. The pig tries to break free of Ed’s grip but he puts it in a humane chokehold. He stands up with the pig in his hands.
Houston: “Oh yeah! Now it’s time.” He looks behind him and sees a haystack. He does some quick calculations before suplexing the pig into the hay! The pig squeals in the air before letting out a huff as he safely lands.
Ed yells out and the crowd cheers. Hank walks up to Ed.
Hank: “Ed, I wish I didn’t see you suplex my prized pig.”
Houston: “He was running away!”
Hank: “I appreciate you stopping him and helping me around the farm that last few days. I’m ready to write that check.”
Houston: “Really!?”
Hank: “Really.”
The scene changes to Bob and Ed walking out of Sunny Acres.
Bob: “I didn’t think you were going to get that check.”
Ed smiles: “Bob, why would you ever doubt me? I’ve made a career out of proving people wrong and all these people in our match still doubt me. They think I’m going to be old and out of shape. They think I’m only focused on getting charity money but what they don’t realize is that getting these checks is the same as winning championships. You deal with people who might not want to part with something and you have to convince them to give it to you. In the wrestling ring you have to use a bit more force but it's the same basic principle. I proved that I will do whatever it takes to get that check, just like in the ring. My drive is still there and I’m going to prove it at Quarantined. It’s time to begin another flight and while the ride might be bumpy I have no doubt I will survive and continue to fly high.”
Bob: “Let’s get some training in then.”
Houston nods as they walk past the Sunny Acres sign. The camera zooms in on the sign before fading to black.
Hank: “You know what, Ed when I first saw you I thought you would make an awful farmer but after a day of hard work I can comfortably say you would be average.”
Ed smiles: “I’m glad to hear that, Hank!”
Hank: “I’m really surprised. You look like you haven’t done a hard day's work in your life and that wrestling shit doesn’t count. Flipping all over the place isn’t work.”
Houston: “Well lets agree to disagree on that one. I think wrestling is hard work but before that I was a member of NASA.”
Hank: “A science guy, of course.”
Houston: “And some days we had a survival day. I guess if we got lost in space or something, this would make us feel like we had a chance of surviving or something. During that training, they would give us MREs I guess to show us what it would be like to eat space rocks but getting one of those things down and keeping them down was a hard day's work.”
Hank feigns impressment: “I guess I did have you all wrong.”
Houston: “Wrong enough to write me a check?”
Hank: “You don’t quit, Ed. I’ll give you that.”
Houston: “I’m not like Curt Canon. He is the most indecisive person in wrestling history. Part of why I beat him is because he couldn’t decide what he wanted to be. Did he want to be bad? Did he want to be good? Now he can’t decide what he wants at WaWa. How is this guy going to even pick which person to go after in our match? I almost hope he gets lost on the way to the match and doesn’t show up.”
Hank: “I agree with you there. You have to be decisive in life.”
Houston: “So how about that check, Hank?”
Hank: “I’m not there yet. We have some more work to do.”
Ed sighs.
Hank leads Ed to the petting zoo. “I’m going to need to you to clean some of this stuff up.”
Ed sighs again and steps into the enclosure. Hank hands Ed a pooper scooper and a pail and Ed starts to clean the pen. He makes eye contact with the pig that he tried to suplex the other day. The pig makes eye contact with Ed and leaves Ed a present.
Houston: “Oh very nice pig. I should’ve suplexed you when I had the chance.”
The pig snorts at Ed.
Houston: “You wouldn’t be snorting if I had slammed you and pinned you. Trust me, I know. Everyone talks big until they step into the ring. It’s like this Brim guy. If you think I’m obsessed with asking Hank for cash, you should check out this Brim guy. I get it there’s a ton of history between Duce, who is not Brim, and Mike Zybala but Jesus there are seven other guys in the match. Zybala already said he’s good with standing back and standing by. He’s going to get his child warriors or whatever to settle the score with Brim. You two are going to take each other out. Brim doesn’t have the ring maturity to put a rivalry aside to win a match. He might beat Zybala but that is all he is going to do. He’s going to realize that he might kick the rocket to get it going but I’m the one that blasts off and has the countdown to the end of the time in this match.”
The pig snorts at Ed again.
Houston: “Oh shut up.” Ed tries to chase the pig with the pooper scooper. The pig continues to run until it sneaks behind Hank.
Hank: “What are you doing, Ed?”
Houston: “That pig has an attitude.”
Hank: “He is a fine judge of character.”
Houston: “He’s a pain in the ass.”
Hank laughs. “That too. So how’d it go?”
Houston: “It went well I think I’ve gotten it all and honestly this was an eye opening experience.”
Hank: “It was?”
Houston: “It was. Another person in our match is a janitor.”
Hank: “What? Really.”
Houston: “Really! His name is Peter Vaughn. And people aren’t giving him much of a chance in this match. Hell, I wasn’t giving him much of a chance. But I know what its like to be a janitor now. Maybe not in quite the same way but that pig thought it was better than me, which is a lot more demeaning than a person thinking they’re better than you. So now you have the shot to prove people wrong and finally reach your dream. Peter, I know what you’re going through. People thought I was a joke until I got hot and reached the stratosphere. I had to work hard to overcome that label I know that you are too. I think you have a chance to win this, but I think the fact that I know exactly what you’re dealing with will allow me to mop the floor with you at the end of the day. I just think you’re a little fuel short of reaching the moon but you might be a star here in OCW yet.”
Hank: “How many people are in this thing? I feel like you’ve talked about 11 people.”
Houston: “Eight. It’s going to be a real barn-burner. You know who would never pick up pig poop. Dylan Thomas! Not only is he too busy spending money on $1,500 shoes to help people out. He was too busy flaunting his power in Alcatraz to say anything about me. I never thought Dylan Thomas would be speechless,, but it is in his nature to go for the low-hanging fruit. Like Outcast! He probably couldn’t bend over to pick up the poop without smoking some weed to deal with the pain. And that’s physical pain, not the emotional pain Xavier Lux is dealing with. That is some powerful stuff and could really prop him up in this match but I just don’t think he’s strong enough mentally to prevent himself from crashing and burning. Then there’s Mike Zybala. He would pay someone to pick up the poop and then call and tell everyone he picked up the poop, and it was worth a million dollars and could also beat up a Power Ranger. One of the last times I stepped in that ring we lost a championship because of his big mouth so I’m a little salty about that still, but that’s neither here nor there. Speaking of good business acumen and money, how about that check?”
Hank: “There is one more thing I need you to do.”
Houston: “Sure thing, boss!”
Hank: “I need you to watch over the pen while I go get some hay.”
Houston: “Don’t worry. I have hawk eyes.”
Hank rolls his eyes and walks away.
Ed sits on the fence and is talking with some kid. He’s trying to hype up his match, and the kid is all about it. The kid is hanging on his every word until they let out a scream.
Houston: “I mean I know Curt’s career is scary but I think you’re overreacting.”
The kid points to the gate which is wide open and the pig barging his way through.
Houston: “Uh oh. That pig is trying to blast off! I got him!”
The pig starts to run through the crowd that is forming. Ed pushes past the people telling them to get out of the way. The pig squeals in glee, convinced that it won’t get caught by this silly man.
The pig is about to turn a corner when all of a sudden Ed leaps on him and wraps his body around him. The pig tries to break free of Ed’s grip but he puts it in a humane chokehold. He stands up with the pig in his hands.
Houston: “Oh yeah! Now it’s time.” He looks behind him and sees a haystack. He does some quick calculations before suplexing the pig into the hay! The pig squeals in the air before letting out a huff as he safely lands.
Ed yells out and the crowd cheers. Hank walks up to Ed.
Hank: “Ed, I wish I didn’t see you suplex my prized pig.”
Houston: “He was running away!”
Hank: “I appreciate you stopping him and helping me around the farm that last few days. I’m ready to write that check.”
Houston: “Really!?”
Hank: “Really.”
The scene changes to Bob and Ed walking out of Sunny Acres.
Bob: “I didn’t think you were going to get that check.”
Ed smiles: “Bob, why would you ever doubt me? I’ve made a career out of proving people wrong and all these people in our match still doubt me. They think I’m going to be old and out of shape. They think I’m only focused on getting charity money but what they don’t realize is that getting these checks is the same as winning championships. You deal with people who might not want to part with something and you have to convince them to give it to you. In the wrestling ring you have to use a bit more force but it's the same basic principle. I proved that I will do whatever it takes to get that check, just like in the ring. My drive is still there and I’m going to prove it at Quarantined. It’s time to begin another flight and while the ride might be bumpy I have no doubt I will survive and continue to fly high.”
Bob: “Let’s get some training in then.”
Houston nods as they walk past the Sunny Acres sign. The camera zooms in on the sign before fading to black.
